It's the Brian Marechow on WNYC.

Good morning again, everyone.

Now we'll talk to the New York City Commissioner for the Department of Aging Affairs

and begin the segment with a clip of Bradley Cooper.

Now, if that sounds incongruous, here's why it's not.

Bradley Cooper has just produced a PBS documentary about family caregivers, and we'll have

his collaborator, the filmmaker Chris Durrance, joining us with Aging Affairs Commissioner Lorraine Cortez Vasquez.

But yes, Bradley Cooper gets the first word from this PBS special called Caregiving.

Like most people, I didn't even think about caregiving until my father was diagnosed with cancer.

My dad was somebody who I idolized.

I used to dress up like him when I was a kid in kindergarten and get made fun of

because I wanted to wear like a suit and a tie.

And then to go from that to

giving him a bath is is a quite a traumatic thing. Bradley Cooper, he has produced the new PBS documentary called Caregiving and now with us here,

the director of the film, Chris Durrance and the New York City Aging Affairs Commissioner

Lorraine Cortez Vosquez. Commissioner, welcome back and Chris Durrance, welcome to WNYC.

Thank you. Good morning. Good morning. And we'll get to the film, but, Commissioner, I see you had a conference here in New York

last week called Boom that brought in people from around the country to talk about keeping

older people in their homes with adequate care. Why was it called Boom, and what was the

goal of that conference?

Wonderful. Thank you for asking me. Boom is because on December 31st, 2024, the last baby boomer, which is the largest generation in America since the 1800s, I believe, the large

generation in America turns 60,

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